CVE-2026-59093

Weaviate before 1.38.0 does not verify that a principal performing an RBAC role assignment holds the permissions granted by the assigned role. The assignRoleToUser and assignRoleToGroup handlers (POST /authz/users/{id}/assign and /authz/groups/{id}/assign) authorize only that the caller may assign roles to the target user or group, not the permissions contained in the assigned roles, unlike role creation which enforces that a user can only create roles with permissions less than or equal to its own. A user holding only the delegated assign_and_revoke_users or assign_and_revoke_groups permission can assign the built-in admin role, or any high-privilege custom role, to itself or others, escalating to full administrative control of the database.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:weaviate:weaviate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Jul 2026, 16:14

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Weaviate
Weaviate weaviate
References () https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/2c75f6fb217631f7751c4b2a7d37a488cef13edb - () https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/2c75f6fb217631f7751c4b2a7d37a488cef13edb - Patch
References () https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11493 - () https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/11493 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0 - () https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0 - Product, Release Notes
References () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/weaviate-privilege-escalation-via-unchecked-permissions-in-rbac-role-assignment - () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/weaviate-privilege-escalation-via-unchecked-permissions-in-rbac-role-assignment - Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:weaviate:weaviate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

02 Jul 2026, 20:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-02 20:17

Updated : 2026-07-14 23:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-59093

Mitre link : CVE-2026-59093

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-59093


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Products Affected

weaviate

  • weaviate
CWE
CWE-266

Incorrect Privilege Assignment